Non-leaking bearing for impeller-shafts of centrifugal pumps



l. PORTEOUS. NON-LEAKING BEARING FOR IMPELLER SHAFTS QF CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. APPLICATION FILED Nov. zo. 1919.

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NON-LEAKING BEARING- FOR v12MTELLER-SHAFTS 0F CENTBIFUGAL PUMPS'.

Application led November 20, 1919. Serial To all whom it may concern .j

Be it known that I, Jamas PoIrrEoUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at resno, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N OnLLeaking Bear- Impeller-Shafts of Centrifugal Pumps, of which `the following is a specliication.

My'invention relates to the class of centrifugal pumps," and especially to the bearing for the impeller-shaft thereof.

t is essential in centrifugal pumps that the rapidly revolving impeller-shaft lshall have a bearing, `w ich while guarding against leakagle of oil or air therethrough,

e longitudinal movement of the shaft due to the constant -automatic ad' justment of the impeller underA the'water balance.

The object of my invention is to provide a -simple and effective air and oil tight bearing for the impeller-shaft of these pumps; and to this end my invention consists in .the` novel non-leaking bearing hereinafter fully described by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure 1 is a sectional view,v broken, ofI a showing my improved bearing.

Fig. 2 is Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a bearing showing the application oftwo metallic eX- pansion rings or packing.

F ig. 4 is a sectional detail of a modification of the seating of the expansion rings or packing.

Fig. 5 1s a sectional detail showin other modification of the seatingJ o rilgs or packin -eferrinoto igs. 1 and 2, the numeral 1 indicates tlie casing of a centrifugal pump having the inlet 2 and outlet 3. 4 isthe impeller and 5 is the impeller shaft.

6 is the bearing sleeve, having a bushing 7 of Babbitt metal, in which is made an o il recess 8, supplied with lubricant through theY cup 9 carried by the sleeve. The bushing? in the form shown in Fig. 1, does not extend the full length of the sleeve 6. The peller` shaft has a head 10 which iits the sleeve beyond the inner end of the bushing. This head may -be integral withthe shaft, but, in practice, it is a se arate member a section on the linel of shrunk upon or otherwise rigidly fastened to Specication'f Letters Patent.

. eral groove 11 .shaft, though this is ytalllc packing, ing, as indicated by the head 10 shaft diameter,

ment of the s APatented Dec. 14. 1920. No. 339,362.

the shaft. In the head l0 is made a periphin which is fitted metallic ppacking in the form of an expansion ring 12.

his ring is preferably loosely fastened by a dowel 13, so that it will rotate withl the not essential. There may be one or' more of these expansion .rin s. In Fig. 1, I have shown three, while in ',g. 3 I-have shown 2. The Iouter sur- 65 face of these rings bear on the inner surface of the sleeve In practice, I Iduplicate the head and meat the other end of the bearand rings 12', thus guarding against leakage at,the outer end.

It will now be seen that no air or oil can pass by the expansion rings or metallic pack ings into the pump and yet the impeller can move longitudinally as the impeller adjusts itself to the pressure or water balance. The head and rlngs next to the pump can be applied to the shaft before the latter is inserted in the bearing; and the head and ringsat the outer end can be applied to the shaft after it is in place.

-In Fig. 4, I show the ring-carrying head as made up ofseparate members, comprising end collars 14 and an intervening grooved 85 sleeve 15. The seating panding rings may, if desired, be made in the shaft itself. In such case it is best to make the bearing part of the shaft of larger as is shown by 5 in Fig. -5, to 90 avoid weakening the shaft. `In this case, I can have the Babbitt metal bushing 7 the full length of the sleeve, and without any oil recess,; an advantage in assembling. The shaft enlargement at 5- permits the oil re- 95 cess to be made in said shaft itself, as shown in Fig. 5 at 8.

I claim 1. In a centrifugal pump, the combination of a casing; a rotatable. impeller therein; a rotatable impeller-shaft; a bearing in which the shaft is mounted for longitiidinal movementto conform to the impeller adjustment under the water-balance; and ring carried by the shaft and lmplnging on the bearing to form a fluid tight joint preventing leakage ofoilor air into the pump casing, while Ipertmitting the linear move- 2. In a centrifugal pump, the combination of a casing; a rotatable impeller in the casing; a rotatable impeller-shaft a bearing in grooves for the eX- f justment under the 'pansion rings carried by the shaft and imof, to

which theshat is mounted for longitudinl movement to conform tothe impe11e 1` adwater-ba1ance;'and exon the bearing near each end thereorml fluid tight joints preventing the leakage of oil or air while permitting the linear movement of the shaft.

pingin In testimony whereof I have l.Signed my name to this specification in the presenoe of 10 two subscribing witnesses. I

. /JAMES.PORTEOYUSv `Wtnesses: I

M. K. HARRIS, RICE C. GIBsoN.v- 

